Nearly two thousand flights were canceled, and thousands of others were delayed across the U.S. on Monday after a winter storm blasted a large part of the country with heavy snow and ice.
A total of 1,846 flights were canceled, and 4,340 flights were delayed, as of 1:30 p.m. ET, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.
Southwest Airlines canceled 400 flights, the most among carriers, followed by Republic Airways at 231 and American Airlines at 190. Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., canceled 259 flights, the most among airports and constituting 65% of all flights scheduled there, according to the data.
Major U.S. airlines issued travel advisories between Saturday and Monday, including Delta, American, United Airlines and Southwest.
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As the storm moved toward the mid-Atlantic region on Monday, more than a dozen states from Kansas and Missouri to New Jersey were under winter storm warnings and advisories.
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“For locations in this region that receive the highest snow totals, it may be the heaviest snowfall in at least a decade,” the National Weather Service said.
NWS reported that at least 18 inches of snow has fallen near I-70 in Kansas, while parts of upstate New York reported getting multiple feet of snow.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a snow emergency until at least the end of the day on Tuesday, while Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency and warned residents to avoid traveling.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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